Physical chemistry (also called physicochemistry) is the explanation of macroscopic, microscopic, atomic, subatomic, and particulate phenomena in chemical systems in terms of physical concepts; sometimes using the principles, practices and concepts of physics like thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics and dynamics.
Physical chemistry in contrast to chemical physics is still predominantly a macroscopic or supra-molecular science...
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Physical chemistry (also called physicochemistry) is the explanation of macroscopic, microscopic, atomic, subatomic, and particulate phenomena in chemical systems in terms of physical concepts; sometimes using the principles, practices and concepts of physics like thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics and dynamics.
Physical chemistry in contrast to chemical physics is still predominantly a macroscopic or supra-molecular science, as the majority of the principles on which physical chemistry was founded are concepts related to the bulk rather than on molecular/atomic structure alone; for example, colloids., chemical equilibrium etc.
Some of the relationships that physical chemistry has lately tried to resolve include the effects of:
There is a large body of knowledge embodied in this very old branch of chemistry that can not be explained just by using the concepts of physics.
The term "physical chemistry" was probably first introduced by Mikhail Lomonosov in 1752,...
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